The ignominious defeat suffered by the British in the Anglo-Zulu War was a blot on an impressive British military history. Not only did this war celebrate Zulu triumph over colonialism ...

About 1,500 British soldiers and 2,000 ... 1879 -- the most crushing defeat of the war for the British -- after they attempted to disperse the Zulu army. On the same day, 145 South Wales Borderers ...